Multi-modal reproducing apparatus and digital camera

ABSTRACT

An image reproducing device that displays frames or index images of still images and moving images so that a user can distinguish the still images from the moving images when looking at them in one-frame reproducing or index reproducing. The display style of the still images is different from that of frames of the moving images. For example, each still image has a white frame like a picture, and a frame of each moving image has perforations like a movie film. Therefore, the user can distinguish the still images from the moving images when looking at them.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to an image reproducingapparatus and a digital camera. The present invention relates moreparticularly to an image reproducing apparatus and a digital camera thatselect files from storage mediums storing files of both still images andmoving images to reproduce still images or moving images.

2. Description of Related Art

A digital camera can record still images and moving images in a memorycard and reproduce the images.

The digital camera displays index images of the still images and themoving images on an image monitor in index reproduction, and the userselects a still image or a moving image according to the index imagesand presses an execution button. The digital camera reads image data ofthe selected image from the memory card to display the selected stillimage or moving image on the image monitor.

Also, the digital camera displays the still images and the first framesof the moving images when the user presses a next-image button or alast-image button in one-frame reproduction. If the user presses theexecution button when the first frame of a moving image is beingdisplayed, the moving image is displayed.

However, the user can not grasp the moving images since only the firstframes of the moving images are displayed in the index reproduction andthe one-frame reproduction, and thus the user can not determine whetheror not the user wants to reproduce the moving images.

Once moving image reproduction is started, the moving image reproductioncan not be quickly stopped and the other images can not be reproduceduntil the moving image reproduction ends. This is because a CPU has aheavy load during the moving image reproduction.

In addition, the digital camera can record sound with the moving imagesand reproduce the sound with the moving image at the moving imagereproduction. The digital camera can reproduce the images anywhere sincethe digital camera is portable. But, it is bothersome to reproduce amoving image with sound in a quiet place or a public place such as atrain. For this reason, the digital camera has a volume adjustingfunction and an earphone jack.

But, the moving image can be reproduced with the sound with much volumein the quiet place, and the user does not always carry earphones. Also,if the moving image is recorded in a construction site or some otherplace, the user does not want to reproduce the unpleasant sound. In thiscase, the user needs to adjust the volume.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention toprovide an image reproducing device and a digital camera that displayimages so that a user can distinguish still images from moving imageswhen looking at them in one-frame reproduction or index reproduction.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an image reproducingdevice and a digital camera that display images so that a user can graspmoving images in one-frame reproduction or index reproduction.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an image reproducingdevice and a digital camera that enable a user to determine to reproduceimages with sound or reproduce only the images.

To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directedto an image reproducing apparatus comprising: a selecting device thatselects a file from a storage medium storing both files of still imagesand files of moving images; a first display that displays a still imageon an image monitor when the file selected by the selecting devicecontains image data of the still image; a second display that displays aframe of a moving image on the image monitor when the file selected bythe selecting device contains image data of the moving image, a displaystyle of the frame of the moving image being different from that of thestill image; and a third display that displays the moving image on theimage monitor if a user operates the image reproducing apparatus formoving image reproduction when the frame of the moving image is beingdisplayed on the image monitor by the second display.

The second display may display perforations on both sides of the frameof the moving image, and the second display may shake the frame of themoving image.

To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directedto an image reproducing apparatus comprising: a selecting device thatselects a file from a storage medium storing both files of still imagesand files of moving images; a first display that displays a still imageon an image monitor when the file selected by the selecting devicecontains image data of the still image; a second display thatconsecutively and repeatedly displays frames of a moving image on theimage monitor when the file selected by the selecting device containsimage data of the moving image; and a third display that displays themoving image on the image monitor if a user operates the imagereproducing apparatus for moving image reproduction when the frames ofthe moving image are being displayed consecutively and repeatedly on theimage monitor by the second display.

To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directedto an image reproducing apparatus comprising: an index reproductionsetting device that selects files from a storage medium storing bothfiles of still images and files of moving images and sets indexreproduction; and a display that constructs index images of the stillimages and the moving images of the files selected by the indexreproduction setting device according to image data of the files anddisplays the index images on the image monitor when the indexreproduction setting device sets the index reproduction, a display styleof the index image of the moving image being different from that of theindex image of the moving image.

The display may display perforations on both sides of the index image ofthe moving image, and the display may shake the index image of themoving image.

To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directedto an image reproducing apparatus comprising: an index reproductionsetting device that selects files from a storage medium storing bothfiles of still images and files of moving images and sets indexreproduction; and a display that constructs index images of the stillimages and the moving images of the files selected by the indexreproduction setting device according to image data of the files anddisplays the index images on the image monitor when the indexreproduction setting device sets the index reproduction, the displayshaking the index image of the moving image.

According to the present invention, the display style of the frames ofthe moving images is different from that of still images. For example, aframe of each moving image has perforations like a movie film, or theframe shakes, or some frames of the moving images are consecutively andrepeatedly displayed. Thus, the user can distinguish the still imagesfrom the moving images.

The image reproducing apparatus further comprises a selecting devicethat selects a still image or a moving image according to the indeximages of the still images and the moving images displayed on the imagemonitor, and a device that displays the still image on the image monitorwhen the still image is selected by the selecting device and displaysthe moving image on the image monitor when the moving image is selectedby the selecting device. A digital camera according to the presentinvention has the image reproducing device and records and reproducesthe still images and the moving images.

To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directedto an image reproducing apparatus comprising: a selecting device thatselects a file from a storage medium storing files of moving images; afirst display that displays an image related to the moving image on animage monitor; a moving image reproduction setting device that setsmoving image reproduction; and a second display that displays the movingimage of the file selected by the selecting device on the image monitorwhen moving image reproduction is set by the moving image reproductionsetting device.

The image related to the moving image is displayed on the image monitorso that the user can grasp the whole moving image. Therefore, the usercan determine whether or not the user wants to reproduce the movingimages before reproducing them.

The image related to the moving image is composed of frames of thebeginning part, the middle part and the end part of the moving image,and the first display displays the frames together or sequentially. Thestorage medium stores files of still images, and the first displaydisplays a still image on the image monitor when the still image isselected by the selecting device. A digital camera according to thepresent invention has the image reproducing, and records the stillimages and the moving images in the storage medium.

To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directedto an image reproducing apparatus comprising: a selecting device thatselects a file of an image from a storage medium storing files of imageswith sound; a choosing device that chooses between image reproductionwith the sound and image reproduction without the sound; and areproducing device that reproduces the image and the sound when thechoosing device chooses the image reproduction with the sound andreproduces only the image when the choosing device chooses the imagereproduction without the sound. The user can choose between the imagereproduction with the sound and the image reproduction without thesound, thus the user can reproduce only the image in a quiet place.

The storage medium stores files of images without sound, and thereproducing device reproduces the image and the sound only when theselecting device selects the image with the sound and the choosingdevice chooses the image reproduction with the sound. A digital cameraaccording to the present invention has the image reproducing, andrecords the images with sound and the images without the sound in thestorage medium.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The nature of this invention, as well as other objects and advantagesthereof, will be explained in the following with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate thesame or similar parts throughout the figures and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the appearance of a digital cameraaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a back view showing the appearance of the digital camera inFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the inner structure of the digitalcamera in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a drawing showing a display style of index images of stillimages and that of an index image of a frame of a moving image in indexreproduction;

FIG. 5 is a drawing showing a display style of the index images of thestill images and that of the index image of the frame of the movingimage in the index reproduction;

FIG. 6 is a drawing showing a display style of the index images of thestill images and that of the index image of the frame of the movingimage in the index reproduction;

FIG. 7 is a drawing showing four frames of the moving image in one-framereproduction;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a procedure of reproducing still imagesand moving images; and

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a procedure of reproducing the stillimages and the moving images.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

This invention will be described in further detail by way of examplewith reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a front view and a back view showing the appearance ofa digital camera 1 according to the present invention, respectively.

The digital camera 1 can record and reproduce both moving images andstill images. As shown in FIG. 1, a taking lens 10, a viewfinder window12 and a light emitting part 14 are provided on the front of the digitalcamera 1. The light emitting part 14 is a white light emitting diode ora lamp.

As shown in FIG. 2, a display panel 20 displaying the recording time,the date, the residual capacity of a memory and so on, an eyepiece 22, azoom button 24, a menu key 26, an execution key 28, a multifunctioncross key 30, a cancel key 32, an image monitor 34 and a speaker 36 areprovided on the back of the digital camera 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a power/mode switch 40 and a shutterrelease/recording start and stop button 42 are provided on the top ofthe digital camera 1, and an earphone jack 44 and a storage mediumcompartment 46 are provided on the right side of the digital camera 1 inFIG. 1.

The power/mode switch 40 has four positions; namely a position forturning OFF the power, a position for setting a still image shootingmode, a position for setting a moving image shooting mode, and aposition for setting a reproducing mode. A power switch and a mode dialor the like may be provided instead of the power/mode switch 40.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the inner structure of the digitalcamera 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2. The digital camera 1 comprises a controlswitch group 41 including the taking lens 10, the light emitting part14, the image monitor 34, the cross key 30 and the power/mode switch 40,the shutter release/recording start and stop button 42, a shutter anddiaphragm 50, an imaging device 52 such as a CCD, an analog signalprocessing circuit 54, an A/D converter 56, a digital signal processingcircuit 58, a memory 60, a compressing and decompressing circuit 62, abuilt-in memory or a memory card 64, a driving circuit 66 and a centralprocessing unit (CPU) 68.

The CPU 68 controls the circuits of the whole camera according to inputsignals from the control switch group 41, the shutter release/recordingstart and stop button 42 and so on. If the power is turned ON and thestill image shooting mode or the moving image shooting mode is set bythe power/mode switch 40, a still image or a moving image is shotaccording to the operation of the shutter release/recording start andstop button 42. If the reproducing mode is set, a still image or amoving image is reproduced.

A light passes the taking lens 10 and the shutter and diaphragm 50 andreaches the imaging device 52. The shutter prevents smears due to anincidence of another light when signals are read from the imaging device52, but it may be omitted in accordance with the structure of theimaging device 52. The diaphragm may be one diaphragm, and it may becomposed of some diaphragms that can be switched. The light emittingpart 14 emits a light to illuminate a subject when the brightness is lowor it is made to do so regardless of the brightness. The light emittingpart 14 may be omitted in case the sensitivity of the imaging device 52is high.

The imaging device 52 is driven with timing signals generated by atiming signal generating circuit (not shown) of the driving circuit 66to output image signals. The driving circuit 66 also drives the takinglens 10, the shutter and diaphragm 50 and the light emitting part 14.

The image signals outputted from the imaging device 52 is processed bythe analog signal processing circuit 54, and the A/D converter 56converts the analog signals into digital signals, which is processed bythe digital signal processing circuit 58. The processed image data istemporarily stored in the memory 60. When the image data is read fromthe memory 60, the moving image or the still image is displayed on theimage monitor 34. The image data is compressed by the compressing anddecompressing circuit 62 to be stored in the built-in memory or thememory card 64. The image data is not necessarily compressed accordingto the shooting mode. In the reproducing mode, the stored image data isdecompressed by the compressing and decompressing circuit 62 andoutputted to the image monitor 34 through the memory 60.

When the still image shooting mode is set and the shutterrelease/recording start and stop button 42 is pressed, the still imageof one frame is captured and the image data of the still image is storedin the built-in memory or the memory card 64 as a file with a file name.When the moving image shooting mode is set and the shutterrelease/recording start and stop button 42 is pressed, the moving imageis captured with a predetermined frame rate until the shutterrelease/recording start and stop button 42 is pressed again. The imagedata of the moving image is stored in the built-in memory or the memorycard 64 as a file with a file name.

Files of still images and files of moving images are stored in a holderin order of the shootings whether they contain the still images or themoving images. Sound can be recorded by a sound recording device (notshown) in the moving image shooting mode, and the sound can bereproduced with the moving image in the reproducing mode.

The method of reproducing the still images or the moving images will nowbe explained.

The digital camera 1 has three types of image reproduction; namely aone-frame reproduction for reproducing the images one by one, an indexreproduction for reproducing some index images (four index images in theembodiment) and a moving image reproduction for reproducing a movingimage. The moving image reproduction can be started when a frame of themoving image is displayed in the one-frame reproduction or the indexreproduction. In the one-frame reproduction, the displayed frame of themoving image is the first frame or the middle frame of the moving image.

When the reproducing mode is set, the one-frame reproductionautomatically starts and one frame of the first file is reproduced onthe image monitor 34. At this time, one frame of the last file may bereproduced instead of that of the first file. To reproduce anotherimage, the user pushes the left key or the right key of the cross key30. The images are sequentially reproduced if the user pushes the leftkey or the right key repeatedly.

In the index reproduction, four index images are displayed together. Theuser can choose an image he or she wants to reproduce by designated anindex image with the up key, the down key, the left key or the right keyof the cross key 30. The designated index image is enclosed by a frameto differentiate itself from the other index images. If the up key, thedown key, the left key or the right key is operated beyond the range ofthe four index images, another four index images are displayed.

As described above, both the files of the still images and the files ofthe moving images are stored in the holder in order of the shootings.Both the still images and the frames of the moving images are displayedin the one-frame reproduction, and the index images of the still imagesand the index images of the frames of the moving images are displayedtogether in the index reproduction.

In the present invention, the display style of the still images isdifferent from that of the frames of the moving images in the one-framereproduction so that the user can distinguish them when looking at them.Likewise, the display style of the index images of the still images isdifferent from that of the index images of the frames of the movingimages in the index reproduction.

FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 are drawings showing the display styles of the indeximages of the still images and those of the index images of the framesof the moving images in the index reproduction.

In FIG. 4, index images 70 of still images have white frames likepictures so that the user can realize that the images are the stillimages. Meanwhile, an index image 72 of a moving image has perforations72A on both sides like a movie film so that the user can realize thatthe image is the moving image. Therefore, the user can distinguish theindex images 70 of the still images from the index image 72 of themoving image when looking at them.

In FIG. 5, the index images 70 of the still images have the white framesin the same way as in FIG. 4, and an index image 74 of the moving imageis composed of some frames that are consecutively and repeatedlydisplayed so that it looks like the moving image. The frames of theindex image 74 are not necessarily consecutive frames of the movingimage.

In FIG. 6, index images 76 of the still images and an index image 78 ofthe moving image do not have the white frames, and the index image 78 ofthe moving image vertically shakes. If the index image 78 irregularlyshakes, the user regards that the digital camera 1 is out of order.Thus, the index image 78 may slightly shake and sometimes largely shakeas if an old film such as an 8 mm-film were being played. This makes itpossible for the user to realize that the image is the moving image.

In addition, the perforations 72A in FIG. 4 may be displayed on theindex image 74 in FIG. 5 or the index image 78 in FIG. 6. In this case,the perforations 72A may vertically shake.

FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 show the display styles in the index reproduction, andthe display style of the still images is different from that of theframes of the moving images in the one-frame reproduction so that theuser can distinguish them when looking at them.

Also, in the one-frame reproduction, four frames 80A, 80B, 80C and 80Dof the moving image may be displayed as shown in FIG. 7 to differentiatethe moving image from the still images.

The four frames 80A–80D of the moving image will now be explained.

The frame 80A is extracted from the beginning part of the moving image,and the frames 80B and 80C are extracted from the middle part of themoving image, and the frame 80D is extracted from the end part of themoving image.

In case the moving image is composed of 400 frames, the frame 80A isextracted from the 1st frame through the 100th frame, and the frame 80Bis extracted from the 101st frame through the 200th frame, and the frame80C is extracted from the 201st frame through the 300th frame, and theframe 80D is extracted from the 301st frame through the 400th frame.

The four frames 80A–80D of the moving image are displayed like afour-scene comic in this way, and thus the user can grasp the wholemoving image before reproducing it.

The four frames 80A–80D are displayed in the embodiment, but the presentinvention is not limited to this. For example, nine frames may bedisplayed. In this case, the moving image is divided into nine parts,and one frame is extracted from each part.

The first frame may not have any meaning in case of a frame-in or awipe, and the last frame may not have any meaning in case of a frame-outor a wipe. Therefore, the frames may be extracted from the moving imageexcluding the first some frames and the last some frames. Image data ofthe index images is previously produced, and it may be stored incorrespondence to the file of the moving image or in the file with themoving image.

In addition, the frames are displayed together in the embodiment, butthe frames of the moving image may be displayed consecutively andrepeatedly with predetermined time intervals. Likewise, four frames ofthe moving image may be displayed together as the index image in theindex reproduction, but it is preferable to display the framesconsecutively and repeatedly since the index image is small.

The procedure of reproducing still images and moving images will now beexplained with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 8.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the reproduction mode is set (step 10), theone-frame reproduction automatically starts, and the CPU 68 reads theimage data of the first file stored in the built-in memory or the memorycard 64 (step 12).

Then, the CPU 68 automatically determines whether the file contains astill image or a moving image (step 14). If the file contains a stillimage, the CPU 68 displays the still image on the image monitor 34according to the image data (step 16). Then, the user determines todisplay the last image or the next image by pressing the left key or theright key of the cross key 30 for (step 18). If the user presses theright key, the CPU 68 reads the image data of the next file (step 20)and returns to step 14. If the user presses the left key, the CPU 68reads the image data of the last file (step 22) and returns to step 14.

On the other hand, if the file contains a moving image at step 14, theCPU 68 displays a part of the moving image (step 24). At this time, oneframe of the moving image is displayed with perforations (see the indeximage 72 in FIG. 4), or some frames of the moving image areconsecutively and repeatedly displayed (see the index image 74 in FIG.5), or one frame of the moving image is displayed while shakingvertically (see the index image 78 in FIG. 6), or four frames of themoving image are displayed together (see the frames 80A–80D in FIG. 7).

Then, the user determines to reproduce the whole moving image or displaythe next image or the last image according to the displayed part of themoving image (step 26). If the user determines to reproduce the wholemoving image, the CPU 68 displays the whole moving image on the imagemonitor 34 according to the image data (step 28). After that, the userdetermines to reproduce the moving image again or display the next imageor the last image (step 30).

If the user presses the right key of the cross key 30 at step 26 or step30, the CPU 68 reads the image data of the next file (step 20) andreturns to step 14. If the user presses the left key at step 26 or step30, the CPU 68 reads the image data of the last file (step 22) andreturns to step 14.

In this way, the CPU 68 displays the whole moving image only if the userdetermines to reproduce the whole moving image at step 26 after the partof the moving image has been displayed at step 24. This is because thatthe CPU 68 has a heavy load once the moving image reproduction isstarted, and the moving image reproduction can not be quickly stopped,and the other images can not be reproduced until the moving imagereproduction ends.

The procedure of reproducing the still images and the moving images willnow be explained with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 9. The samesteps as those in FIG. 8 is denoted by the same step numbers, and theywill not be explained.

The flow chart of FIG. 9 is different from that of FIG. 8 in that it hassteps 40, 42 and 44 instead of step 28.

The digital camera 1 records sound with the moving image in the built-inmemory or the memory card 64, and has a determining device fordetermining to reproduce the sound with the moving image or reproduceonly the moving image. The determining device is the up key and the downkey of the cross key 30 in FIG. 2 .

After the user determines to reproduce the whole moving image at step26, the user presses the up key or the down key to determine toreproduce the sound with the moving image or reproduce only the movingimage (step 40). If the user presses the up key, the moving image isdisplayed on the image monitor 34 and the sound is reproduced from thespeaker 36 (step 42). If the user presses the down key at step 40, themoving image is displayed on the image monitor 34 and the sound is notreproduced (step 44).

The determining device is the up key and the down key of the cross key30 in the embodiment, but a special switch may be provided. Also, aswitch for determining to reproduce the sound or not and a switch fordetermining to reproduce the moving image may be separately provided. Ifthe digital camera 1 can record sound in the still image shooting modeand the sound can be reproduced at the one-frame reproduction, the usermay determine to reproduce the sound with the still image or reproduceonly the still image.

The present invention is applied to the digital camera 1 in theembodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may beapplied to any image reproducing apparatus with the image reproducingfunction and any apparatus including the image reproducing apparatus.

As set forth hereinabove, according to the present invention, thedisplay style of the still image is different from that of the part ofthe moving image in the one-frame reproduction, and the display style ofthe index image of the still image is different from that of the indeximage of the moving image in the index reproduction. Thus, the user candistinguish the still image from the part of the moving image whenlooking at them, and therefore the user can reproduce only the desiredmoving image.

Also, in the one-frame reproduction or the index reproduction, theframes of the beginning part, the middle part and the end part of themoving image are displayed together or they are displayed consecutivelyand repeatedly. Thus, the user can grasp the whole moving image beforereproducing it, and therefore the user can reproduce only the desiredmoving image.

In addition, the user can determine whether to reproduce the sound withthe image or reproduce only the image in the image reproduction. Thus,the user can reproduce only the image without the sound in order not tobother people when the user needs to be quiet. Also, the operator can dothis manually so that manual volume control is not necessary.

It should be understood, however, that there is no intention to limitthe invention to the specific forms disclosed, but on the contrary, theinvention is to cover all modifications, alternate constructions andequivalents falling within the spirit and scope of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

1. An image reproducing apparatus, comprising: a selecting device thatselects a file from a storage medium storing both files of still imagesand files of moving images; a first display that displays a still imageon an image monitor when the file selected by said selecting devicecontains image data of the still image; a second display that displays aframe of a moving image on the image monitor when the file selected bysaid selecting device contains image data of the moving image, a displaystyle of the frame of the moving image being different from that of thestill image, wherein said second display shakes the frame of the movingimage; and a third display that displays the moving image on the imagemonitor if a user operates said image reproducing apparatus for movingimage reproduction when the frame of the moving image is being displayedon the image monitor by said second display.
 2. An image reproducingapparatus, comprising: an index reproduction setting device that selectsfiles from a storage medium storing both files of still images and filesof moving images and sets index reproduction; and a display thatconstructs index images of the still images and the moving images of thefiles selected by said index reproduction setting device according toimage data of the files and displays the index images on the imagemonitor when said index reproduction setting device sets the indexreproduction, a display style of the index image of the still imagebeing different from that of the index image of the moving image,wherein said display shakes the index image of the moving image.
 3. Theimage reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 2, further comprising: aselecting device that selects a still image or a moving image accordingto the index images of the still images and the moving images displayedon the image monitor; and a device that displays the still image on theimage monitor when the still image is selected by said selecting deviceand displays the moving image on the image monitor when the moving imageis selected by said selecting device.
 4. An image reproducing apparatus,comprising: an index reproduction setting device that selects files froma storage medium storing both files of still images and files of movingimages and sets index reproduction; and a display that constructs indeximages of the still images and the moving images of the files selectedby said index reproduction setting device according to image data of thefiles and displays the index images on the image monitor when said indexreproduction setting device sets the index reproduction, said displayshaking the index image of the moving image.
 5. The image reproducingapparatus as defined in claim 4, further comprising: a selecting devicethat selects a still image or a moving image according to the indeximages of the still images and the moving images displayed on the imagemonitor; and a device that displays the still image on the image monitorwhen the still image is selected by said selecting device and displaysthe moving image on the image monitor when the moving image is selectedby said selecting device.
 6. A digital camera that records and reproducestill images and moving images, said digital camera comprising: an indexreproduction setting device that selects files from a storage mediumstoring both files of the still images and files of the moving imagesand sets index reproduction; and a display that constructs index imagesof the still images and the moving images of the files selected by saidindex reproduction setting device according to image data of the filesand displays the index images on the image monitor when said indexreproduction setting device sets the index reproduction, said displayshaking the index image of the moving image.
 7. An image reproducingapparatus, comprising: a selecting device that selects a file from astorage medium storing files of moving images; a first display thatdisplays some predefined frames comprising the moving image as amulti-image, wherein the multi-image is an image in which a plurality offrames constituting the moving image are reduced in size and combined soas to be displayed as one-frame still image; a moving image reproductionsetting device that sets moving image reproduction; and a second displaythat displays the moving image of the file selected by the selectingdevice on the image monitor when moving image reproduction is set by themoving image reproduction setting device, wherein the first and seconddisplay appear on an image monitor of a digital camera.
 8. The imagereproducing apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein: the image relatedto the moving image is composed of frames of the beginning part, themiddle part and the end part of the moving image; and the first displaydisplays the frames together or sequentially.
 9. The image reproducingapparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein: the storage medium storesfiles of still image; and the first display displays a still image onthe image monitor when the still image is selected by the selectingdevice.